Previous Events

Candidate Selection in Germany: findings from a large-scale research project 

Lecture by Dr. Benjamin Höhne at the meeting of the international research project “Candidate (s)election in the transatlantic sphere”, International Republican Institute (IRI), Rome

Wednesday,

Candidate Selection and Intra-Party Democracy 

Panel chaired by Dr. Benjamin Höhne at the 26th World Congress of Political Science (IPSA), Lissabon

Wednesday,

Elite Domination or Participatory Democracy? Comparing the Rules of the Game within Parliamentary Party Groups 

Paper Presentation by Oliver Kannenberg and Dr. Danny Schindler within the panel "Key Issues of Legislative Research: Representation, Legislation and Beyond" at the 26th World Congress of Political Science (IPSA), Online

Saturday,

Constitutional foundations of parliamentary opposition power in autocratic and hybrid regimes: The case of Africa 

Paper Presentation by Dr. Danny Schindler within the panel "Driving Forces of Democratization in Africa: between change and continuity" at the 26th World Congress of Political Science (IPSA), Online

Saturday,

Parliamentary Indicators – Comparative Ways towards Performance Measurement 

Participation as discussant by Dr. Danny Schindler at the 26th World Congress of Political Science (IPSA), Online

Tuesday,

"Where the Electoral Shoe Pinches" – Postal Voting as a Topic in Electoral Complaints in Germany 

Paper Presentation by Daniel Hellmann within the panel "Early Voting and Electoral Integrity" at the ECPR Joint Sessions 2021, online

Thursday,

Workshop "Parliaments in the Pandemic" 

Participation of Oliver Kannenberg as country expert for Croatia and Serbia in the PiP Network, Online

Friday,

Parties and Electoral Management in Germany – A Problematic Entanglement? 

Lecture by Daniel Hellmann at the 12th Düsseldorf Graduate Conference on Party Research (GraPa), Virtual Conference

Friday,

No real choice? Criticism of minimal intra-party competition during the candidate selection process for the Bundestag: a test bed. 

Lecture by Anastasia Pyschny at the 12th Düsseldorf Graduate Conference on Party Research (GraPa), Virtual Conference

Intra-Party Competition During District Candidate Selections in Germany: Causes, Consequences and the Selectorate’s View 

Lecture by Anastasia Pyschny, Dr. Danny Schindler and Malte Cordes within the panel "What is Happening Inside the Party? II. Intra-Party Democracy" at the ECPR General Conference 2020